LMS

Catalogue

Online Resources

2000

LMS

Catalogue

Online Resources

Link Resolver & Journal title search

Federated search / online resources

StandardCatalogue

Where do you find books?

Where do you find journals?

Where do you find theses?

MARC needs to die

(yesterday)

What do users want?I want to find stuff on x

I want to find this journal/book/article

I want stuff for my subject

I want to find items physically in this Library

LMS

Catalogue

Knowledgebase

Electronic Library

Not fit for purpose

Physical itemsCatalogue

I’m looking for a journal or article

I want to find stuff for my essay

Online holdings knowledge base

Catalogue(unique items)

Catalogue Records from elsewhere Repository Special Collections External

catalogues

One Simple interface….

… yet many instances of that interface searching different subsets of collections for different needs

We’re getting there….Summon, Primo, Ebsco, Worldcat Local

… but can these replace the catalogue yet? (hint: probably not).

Chris KeeneUniversity of Sussex Library

Twitter: @chriskeeneEmail: chriskeene@gmail.com / c.j.keene@sussex.ac.uk